Laetitia Nicole S. Franco

Someday

Laetitia Nicole S. Franco

The sun is shining brighter like your smile, tantalizing in my eyes

I wish we could be together— falling in love just like the other lovers in town

Staring at each other’s eyes displaying affection right in their sights Oh, how I wish

Desiring for your kiss

Fancy remembering our stolen moments that even thieves couldn’t snatch

Those great memories

I want to shout at the rooftop Tell the world how much I crave for your embrace

How much I long for those lips To comfort me in the night They are the medicine I’d be willing To be overdosed by

I want the universe to know That your hands are my remedy And my blanket when it’s cold

They are my safe haven I wish they’ll realize

I want them to see How much I care for you I’d be willing to offer anything Just to cure any of your wound Please forgive me For I cannot let them see How much you mean to me

I cannot hold you in my arms Like those lovers we see in the park Or those portraying in a play

Our love is meant to be in the backstage Where the lights are dimmed And there are no audiences

Forgive me for I couldn’t hold your hands nor look at your eyes because whispers are louder than bombs

They’ll come to us Unwanted On an unexpected time

They will ask questions We never know the answers Or are we just afraid to speak out?

Rumours flow freely with the wind and gazes are pierces we’re not aware of I’m sorry, I’m afraid

We both are cowards in this world

I hope you’ll still look for me when you pass by the street wave your hands in the air just like old times

We wouldn’t care I’ll hold you in my arms Like nobody’s there

I aspire to spend my future with you drinking a cup of coffee or tea minding who we really want to be

We’ll make our own world Where the two of us are free— One day we’ll be welcomed wholeheartedly in this society

Laetitia Nicole S. Franco (she/her) is a Student from the Philippines. A dreamer, an aspirer bravely chasing her dreams.